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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Frozen Structure Constraint''' is a constraint formulated in Ross (1967) which says that if a [[clause]] has been extraposed from a NP whose head noun is lexical, this NP may not be moved, nor may any element of the clause be moved out of that clause. The first part is illustrated in (i), the second part in (ii).<br />
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(i) * [<sub>NP</sub> Which packages t<sub>i</sub> ]<sub>j</sub> didn't Sam pick up t<sub>j</sub> until it had<br />
stopped raining [which are to be mailed tomorrow]<sub>i</sub><br />
(ii) * The coat [which<sub>i</sub> a girl t<sub>j</sub> came in [<sub>S<sub>j</sub></sub> who had worn t<sub>i</sub>]] was torn<br />
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The second part of the constraint can now be subsumed under the [[Adjunct Condition]], given that [[extraposition]] is an adjunction operation.<br />
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=== Link ===<br />
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Frozen+Structure+Constraint&lemmacode=761 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br />
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=== References ===<br />
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* Ross, J.R. 1967. ''Constraints on variables in syntax,'' doctoral dissertation, MIT (published as 'Infinite syntax!' Ablex, Norwood (1986)).<br />
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